A Pastoral Word from the Bishop: When I was very young and growing up in Michigan, a frequent occurrence of the humid midwestern summers were tornadoes. They were very rare storms of ferocious and concentrated destructive power; in the unlikely event they visited your town, one home...
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Our Lengthened Lent has now come into clearer focus. The extraordinary has somehow settled into new routines; the gifts of adaptability and resilience with which we have been blessed are coming to the fore, and we are making our way into a...
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Perhaps for the first time in our long history, not one of our churches in Europe will be open for worship this coming Sunday. It is not war that has caused this; it is a virus that is ravaging the planet, causing tremendous worry and great...
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, There is a slightly odd disconnect between the solemnity of Good Friday and the riotously beautiful spring weather that has warmed the earth in these days of Triduum. I can’t count the number of times I have been told by new acquaintances...